Bracket



J. w. HALLAM.

BRACKET. APPLICATION FILED MAYI5. I919.

Patented Feb. 10,1920.

JOHN W, HALLAM, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS,

BRACKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 10, 1920.

Application filed May 15, 1919. Serial No. 297,239.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN W. HALLAM, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Brackets, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates generally to brackets but more particularly to abracket adapted to be connected to the coin-receiving box of atelephone.

In the use of telephone apparatus where there is a coin box inconnection with the receiver and transmitter and a stand upon which thetransmitter and receiver are mounted, much inconvenience is experiencedby reasonbf'the fact that there is no place to put the telephone standunless one provides a special table or places the stand upon the floor.

The coin-receiving box itself is not suflicient to have the stand placedupon the top of it with any degree of safety and the rules of mosttelephone companies prevent a permanent attachment of any form of deviceto its property such as a bracket to the coinreceiving box.

The principal object of my invention,

therefore, is to devise a bracket which may be readily attached to thecoin-receiving box without in any Way changing or molesting the propertyof the telephone company or the removal of any parts of the property ofthe telephone company to enable the stand to be attached. In order toaccomplish this end I have utilized certain structure characteristics ofthe coin-receiving box in combination with my improved bracket wherebythe bracket may be detachably secured to the coin-receiving box.

On the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is a perspective view of myimproved stand,

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of my improved stand attached to acoin-receiving box, and

Fig. 3 is a front view of Fig. 2. Referring more particularly to thedraw- 1n ch racter and is ,secured to the back-board 2, which back-boardin turn is secured to a Wall or any other suitable part of the buildinggenerally by means of screws. The back-boards commonly used have avertical groove 3 on their rear face in which groove the insulatedelectrical wires are adapted to be housed. The coin-receiving box andthe coin-receiving box 1 is of the usual back-board are the common formor equipment and the property of the telephone company installing thesame. The bracket comprises a base 4 having two legs 5 and 6 which areadapted to span the back-board and be in contact with the verticaledgesthereof so as to prevent sidewise tilting of the \bracket relativeto the back-board and an intermediate leg 7 which is adapted to enterthe upper end of groove 3 and thus prevent the bracket from'tiltingforwardly as this intermediate leg is confined in the groove 3 by thethree sides of the groove and the wall or other portion of the buildingto which the back-board is attached thus forminga pocket into which theintermediate leg projects, which construction securely holds the-bracketin 'place.

A stud 8 may be placed on the under side of the bracket base which isadapted to rest upon the upper surface of the coin box and thus giveadditional support to the bracket.

, Braces 9 and 10 may be used for further supporting the bracket and arail 11 is preferably employed to revent the telephone stand fromsllding o thebracket;

It will be seen from the foregoing description that I have devised astructure which may be securely attached to the coin box and back boardof telephone equipment without in any way injuring the parts to which itis attached or interfering with the operation of the telephone equipmentor injuring such equipment.

I do not wish it to be understood that I am limited in any way to abracket made in the form as herein shown as such bracket may be made ofWood, metal, or any other substantial material, and I therefore claim:

1. The combination with a supporting member embracing aboard fixed to awall or the like, of a bracket comprising means en- 2. The combinationwith a supporting member embracing a board fixed to a Wall or the like,of a bracket adapted to rest upon the top of said supporting member,means on said bracket disposed on opposite sides of said supportingmember for preventing movement of said bracket in one direction relativeto said supportingv member, and a tongue on said bracket adapted to beinserted between said board and wall for preventing movement of saidbracket in another direction relative to said supporting member.

3. The combination with a supporting member having a vertical groovetherein, of

a bracket having three legs thereon, two of said legs being adapted tobe disposed on opposite sides of the supporting member-and anintermediate leg adapted to enter the groove in said supporting member,whereby said bracket'is .held in fixed relation relative to said-'supporting member.

4. The combmation with a supporting member, of a bracket having threelegs thereon,two of said legs being adapted to be disposed on theopposite sides of said supporting member and an intermediate leg aadapted to enter a groove formed in said supportmg member. I

5. The combination with a supporting member of a bracket having threelegs thereon, two of said legs being adaptedto be the uppersurface ofsaid supporting mem- 1 her my name this 13th day of May, A. D., 1919.

JOHN W. HALLAM.

In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe 30

